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'''Charles Henry Tawney''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CIE}} (1837&ndash;1922<ref>{{cite journal|last=Thomas|first=F. W.|authorlink=Frederick William Thomas (philologist)|title=Charles Henry Tawney, M.A., C.I.E.|journal=The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland|date=January 1923|issue=1|pages=152–154|jstor=25210014}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=C. H. Tawney|journal=Folklore|date=September 30, 1922|volume=33|issue=3|page=334|jstor=1256118}}</ref>) was an English educator and scholar, primarily known for his translations of [[Sanskrit]] classics into English. He was fluent in [[German Language|German]], [[Latin]], and [[Greek Language|Greek]]; and in India also acquired [[Sanskrit]], [[Hindi]], [[Urdu]], and [[Persian Language|Persian]].<ref name="Penzer1924">{{harvnb|Penzer|1924|pp=vii-x}}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Tawney was the son of Rev. Richard Tawney, and educated at [[Rugby School]] and [[Trinity College, Cambridge]]; where he was a [[Cambridge Apostle]] and worked as a Fellow and Tutor for 4 years, until he moved to India for health reasons. He married Constance Catharine Fox in 1867 and had a large family.<ref name="Penzer1924" /> One of his children, born 30 November 1880 in Calcutta, was Richard Henry or [[R. H. Tawney]]. From 1865 to his retirement in 1892 he held various educational offices, most significantly Principal of [[Presidency University, Kolkata|Presidency College]] for much of the period of 1875-1892.<ref name="Penzer1924" /> His translation of ''[[Kathasaritsagara]]'' was printed by the [[Asiatic Society of Bengal]] in a small series called [[Bibliotheca Indica]] between 1880 and 1884.<br />
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After retirement, Tawney was made Librarian of the India Office.<br />
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==Translations from Sanskrit==<br />
Tawney translated the ''[[Mālavikāgnimitram|Mālavikāgnimitra]]'' of [[Kālidāsa]] whose first edition was published in 1875 and second edition in 1891.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Schuyler, Jr.|first=Montgomery|title=Bibliography of Kālidāsa's Mālavikāgnimitra and Vikramorvaçī|journal=Journal of the American Oriental Society|year=1902|volume=23|pages=93–101|jstor=592384|doi=10.2307/592384}}</ref><br />
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His other works include:<br />
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*[[Bhavabhuti|Bhavabhūti]]: ''Uttara-rāma-carita'' (1874)&nbsp;— a play<br />
*''Two Centuries of [[Bhartṛihari]]'' (1877)&nbsp;— two collections of ethical and philosophico-religious stanzas ([https://archive.org/stream/twocenturiesofbh00bhar#page/n5/mode/2up online])<br />
*Somadeva: ''[[Kathā Sarit Sāgara]]'' (1880-1884)&nbsp;— the massive collection of legends and tales ([https://archive.org/stream/kathsaritsga01somauoft#page/n3/mode/2up Vol I online]) ([https://archive.org/stream/kathsaritsga02somauoft#page/n3/mode/2up Vol II online])<br />
*''Kathākoça'' (1895)&nbsp;— [[Jainism|Jain]] stories ([https://archive.org/stream/cu31924023155595#page/n5/mode/2up online])<br />
*Merutunga: ''[[Prabandha-Chintamani|Prabandhacintāmaṇi]]'' (1899-1901)&nbsp;— Jain stories ([https://archive.org/stream/bibliothecaindi04indigoog#page/n7/mode/2up online])<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==References==<br />
*{{Citation<br />
| title=The Ocean of Story, being C.H. Tawney's Translation of Somadeva's Katha Sarit Sagara<br />
| contribution=Charles Henry Tawney<br />
| volume=I<br />
| year=1924<br />
| last=Penzer<br />
| first=N. M.<br />
| authorlink=Norman Mosley Penzer<br />
| publisher=Chas. J. Sawyer<br />
| location=London<br />
| url=https://archive.org/stream/oceanofstorybein01somauoft#page/n9/mode/2up<br />
}}<br />
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* [https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/kathasaritsagara-the-ocean-of-story Online HTML ebook of The Ocean of Story (kathasaritsagara), volume 1-9], proofread, including thousands of notes and extra appendixes.<br />
* {{Gutenberg author | id=Tawney,+Charles+Henry | name=Charles Henry Tawney}}<br />
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Charles Henry Tawney}}<br />
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